Display device



Feb.- 13, 1934.v

B.. J. GoLDsMlTH DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Oct. 22. 1931 'eser INVENTOR BF/PHAM 1/ Gams/v Tf/ 4 BY ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 13, 1934 UNlTEB STATES PATENT OFFICE Application October 22,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in display devices and has particular reference to a counter display for ribbon reels and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide an irnproved device of simple, practical and inexpensive construction by means or" which reels or ribbon can be effectively displayed on a counter.

The above and other objects 'will appear more clearly from the following detailed description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation, partly broken away and shown in section, or" a display device constructed in accordance with the invention and indicating reels in display position thereon;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the device; and

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure l.

In its preferred form, the device is shown as comprising an elongated trough-like body portion 4 which may be made of steel or any other suitable material. Insertible into the body portion between the sides thereof is an inner liner 5 of substantially the same conguration in crosssection as the body portion and provided along its upper longitudinal edges with outwardly and downwardly turned anges 6 forming grooves for the reception of the upper edges of the side walls of the body portion.

At regular intervals along each side of the liner 5 and adjacent the upper edge thereof the same is provided with a series of openings 7, each of which is disposed in opposed relation to an opening in the opposite side of said liner. A flanged boss or bearing member 8 is inserted inwardly through each or the openings 7 with its flange interposed between the sides of the body portion and liner and the major portion of the bearing projecting inwardly from the liner a sufcient distance to orrn a support for the end of a ribbon reel or the like which is to be displayed.

1931. Serial No. 570,337

(Cl. 20G-72) upon a counter in a horizontal or inclined position.

What is claimed is:

l. In a display device for ribbon reels and the like, a trough-like body portion, an inner liner therefor having flanges engageable over the upper edges of said body portion, and bearing members carried by said inner liner for engagement by the ends of a reel to support the latter in a position wherein a part thereof extends above said body portion.

2. In a display device for ribbon reels and the like, a body portion, an inner liner therefor, and a plurality of bearing members carried by each side of said liner adjacent the upper edge thereof and opposed to the members on the other side of the liner, adjacent and opposed bearing members being engageable by the ends of a reel to support the same in a position wherein a part thereof extends above said body portion.

3. In a display device for ribbon reels and the like, a trough-like body portion, and a plurality of spaced bearing members on each side of said body portion projecting into the interior thereof at points just below the upper edge of said side; the bearing members on each side being opposed to the members on the other side of the body portion, and adjacent and opposed bearing members being engageable by the ends of a reel to support the latter between said sides and partially within said body portion with the remainder o1" the reel extending above the upper edges of said sides.

4. In a display device for ribbon reels and the like, a body portion having sides, a liner for said body portion also having sides provided with opposed openings, and a plurality of bearing members projecting through said openings for engagement by the ends of a reel to support the latter in a position, wherein a part thereof extends above said body portion, said bearing members having flanges interposed between the sides of said body portion and the liner.

BERTRAM J. GOLDSMITH. 

